أَقولُI say وَقَدand already أَيقَنتُI became certain أَنّيthat I مُواجِهٌfacing
أَقولُ وَقَد أَيقَنتُ أَنّي مُواجِهٌ
مِنَof الصَرمِestrangement باباتٍforms شَديداًfierce كِتالُهاtheir fighting
مِنَ الصَرمِ باباتٍ شَديداً كِتالُها
I say, now certain that I face
I say, and I'm certain that I'm facing
forms of estrangement whose battles are fierce.
From hostility doors with strong locks
إِذاwhen نَحنُwe جِئناwe come لَمnot تُجَمَّلshe is adorned بِزينَةٍwith finery
إِذا نَحنُ جِئنا لَم تُجَمَّل بِزينَةٍ
حَذارَfor fear of الأَعاديthe enemies وَهيَwhile she بادٍapparent جَمالُهاher beauty
حَذارَ الأَعادي وَهيَ بادٍ جَمالُها
When we come, she is not adorned with finery,
When we come, they don't pretend with any adornment
for fear of enemies, though her beauty is plain.
Beware of enemies, their beauty is gone
وَلاand not نَبتَديهاwe address her first بِالسَلامِwith a greeting وَلَمand have not نَقُلwe said
وَلا نَبتَديها بِالسَلامِ وَلَم نَقُل
لَهُمto them مِنout of تَوَقّىwariness of شَرَّهُمtheir harm كَيفَhow حالُهاher condition
لَهُم مِن تَوَقّى شَرَّهُم كَيفَ حالُها
We do not greet her first, nor have we said
We don't greet them with peace, we don't say
to them, for fear of their harm, 'How is she?'
To them out of fear of their evil, how are they
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.